The ECO Secretariat delegation including Deputy of Secretary General H.E. Mr Huseyin Avni Bicakli, Director of Agriculture, Industry and Tourism Mr. Memduh Unal and concerned Program Officer participated in the inauguration day of this four day international Exhibition on Tuesday, 12 Feb 2019.

In his inaugural speech, Mr Aliasghar Monesan Head of the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts & Tourism Organization with mentioning to the statistics of international tourists stated that the number of international tourists in 2017 was one billion and 323 million people, reaching a billion and 400 million in 2018. It is anticipated that there will be two billion tourists in the world by 2030 and Iran as a rich country in cultural and historical places with four season weather definitely can be one of the important destinations in this regard.

All 31 provinces of Iran and companies from Turkey, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Italy, Indonesia, Pakistan, Germany, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Afghanistan have participated at the Tourism Fair and all the managers, investors, practitioners, employees, professors and students of the tourism industry and its affiliated industries attend this exhibition as the specialist visitors.